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LONG JOHN. American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). USA; Arkansas, Kentucky, Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. "Long John" is one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. "Waynesburgh/Waynesboro" is a related tune. "Long John" was in the repertoire of Monticello, Ky., musician W.L. Gregory, who apparently learned it from fiddler Leonard Rutherford (who himself recorded the tune in October, 1929, for Gennett Records, although the side was unissued).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt Co., Nebraska), recorded 1949 [Christeson, Phillips].

Printed sources : - Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 106. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 147.

Recorded sources : - Spring Fed Records, "Old Time String Band Music from the Original Missouri Corn Dodgers." Voyager CD 349, Lee Stripling - "Hogs Picking Up Acorns."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear W.L. Gregory's version at Berea Digital Archive [2]

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